Photos of the Year 2013

As 2013 comes to a close, we look back at moments, both big and small, that helped shape our community's shared experience. (Click the expand arrow for a larger view of the photos. Use your arrow keys to advance.)

By By JOSHUA TRUJILLO and JORDAN STEAD

July 24, 2013

— Macklemore & Ryan Lewis perform for a video shoot on the roof of the Capitol Hill Dick's Drive-In. Thousands of people showed up to watch the shoot after word was leaked onto social media earlier in the day. It was a banner year for the Seattle music scene as Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and the rest of their crew topped the charts with their self-produced album, The Heist.

— President Barack Obama arrives at Sea-Tac International Airport aboard Air Force One to attend a pair of private Seattle-area fundraisers. Obama once again visited Seattle without making a public appearance for a population that overwhelmingly supported him both times he was elected as president.

— People offer spontaneous prayer after a span of the Interstate 5 bridge collapsed into the Skagit River between Mt. Vernon and Burlington. Two cars and one travel trailer went in the water after a truck hauling an oversized load struck part of the bridge, sending a span crashing into the river below. There were no serious injuries in the accident but the accident rerouted traffic for weeks as a temporary bridge was put into place.

— Bryce Kenning sits on the roof of his car after a section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed between Mt. Vernon and Burlington. Two cars and one travel trailer went in the water after a truck hauling an oversized load struck part of the bridge, sending a span crashing into the river below. There were no serious injuries in the accident but the accident rerouted
traffic for weeks as a temporary bridge was put into place.

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May 23, 2013

— Rescue workers attend to stranded motorists after a section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed between Mt. Vernon and Burlington. Two cars and one travel trailer went in the water after a truck hauling an oversized load struck part of the bridge, sending a section crashing into the river below. There were no serious injuries in the accident but the accident rerouted
traffic for weeks as a temporary bridge was put into place.

— Naomi Wachira of Kenya weeps while being sworn in as a U.S. citizen at the 29th Annual Naturalization Ceremony at Seattle Center's Fisher Pavilion. The event, hosted by the Ethnic Heritage Council, brought 490 candidates from 87 countries and nations to swear in as U.S. citizens.

— The Seattle skyline is shown from West Seattle at dusk as fog blankets Elliott Bay and much of Puget Sound. A ridge of high pressure over the Pacific Northwest and an absence of wind kept much of the area blanketed with thick fog in late October.

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January 1, 2013

— The iconic Seattle Space Needle is illuminated with fireworks as seen from inside the Dale Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum's Glasshouse at the Seattle Center on New Years Eve. The annual fireworks helped Seattle ring in the new year.

— Jacob James, center, hugs his five-month-old daughter Annabelle James, right, after stepping off of the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier following an eight-month deployment. The crew was stationed in the 5th and 7th fleet areas of U.S. responsibility, namely the Persian Gulf.

— John Baker, 8, offers his best salute as the flag passes during the 48th annual Auburn Veterans Day Parade. The parade is one of the largest parades to honor veterans in the country.

November 9, 2013

— John Baker, 8, offers his best salute as the flag passes during the 48th annual Auburn Veterans Day Parade. The parade is one of the largest parades to honor veterans in the country.

Photo: JOSHUA TRUJILLO, SEATTLEPI.COM

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June 18, 2013

— A row of Boeing 787 Dreamliners are shown at Paine Field as officials investigate a battery issue with the airplane. This year saw challenges for the airplane manufacturer with battery problems on the 787 and a labor dispute that may see the future 777X line moved away from the Puget Sound region.

— An emotional Ken Griffey, Jr., left, is comforted by his wife, Melissa Griffey, right, after seeing a recorded video of his oldest son broadcast across the Mariners Vision screen during a pregame ceremony serving as his induction into the Mariners Hall of Fame. Griffey, who retired from baseball in 2010, was the seventh member of the team to be inducted.

— Mawa Yoshida, of the Minori Nago Sanshin, paints her lips before her performance at the 38th annual Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival at The Armory in Seattle. The festival boasted over 60 traditional performing arts and craft stations, drawing acts from as far away as Okinawa, Japan.

— Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn practices spining a basketball backstage during "Candidate Survivor," a distinctly Seattle twist on local politics. The event featured six of the candidates for Seattle mayor answering questions and audience members voting for them via text messages. During one segment, candidates performed a talent show, getting raucous cheers from hundreds in the audience.

— Seattle Police Department officers examine an inert surface to air missile launcher brought to the City of Seattle's gun buy back program. The program handed out $80,000 worth of gift cards in exchange for weapons brought in by the public. The surface to air launcher was brought to the buyback and then purchased from a person in line for $100 by another citizen. Police took the already used, single use weapon until they could determine if it was safe and if the man could have it back.

— Abdul Kebbeh, 6, holds a sign at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle as hundreds of people gathered and marched to the United States Court House to protest the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the Florida man that shot and killed Trayvon Martin.

— People gather around Cafe Racer survivor Leonard Meuse, center, during a memorial march and concert on the one year anniversary of the shootings that left four people dead in the popular cafe. Dozens of people marched to music from the band Orkestar Zirkonium from Cafe Racer to nearby Cowen Park.

— Elizabeth Rose, of the Acrobatic Conundrum, collects water for her installation at the seventh annual Lo-Fi Festival at The Smoke Farm in Arlington. The 2013 theme for the festival was "Must Be Present to Win!"

— A participant sprints through an "Electroshock Therapy" station that delivers a jolt of up to 10,000 volts if touched near the finish line of the Tough Mudder course in Black Diamond. Tough Mudder events involve hardcore obstacle courses, testing strength, stamina and camaraderie.

— Teammates pull each other to the top of an "Everest" station wall on a Tough Mudder course in Black Diamond. Tough Mudder events involve hardcore obstacle courses, testing attendee strength, stamina and camaraderie.

— Northeast Seattle's Thornton Creek emerges from under Lake City Way. Seattle Public Utilities announced that potentially dangerous levels of human fecal coliform bacteria were discovered in the urban creek. Signs were posted warning people not to touch the water.

— A murder of crows swirls above the University of Washington Bothell campus. The birds roost in a nearby riparian area and can be a sight to see as tens of thousands of the birds gather there each night.

— Roosevelt High School junior Aly Martineau, center, watches in admiration as Russell Wilson, left, quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks, signs her jacket during his congratulatory visit to Roosevelt High School. Roosevelt was the winner of the Verizon Wireless "Save It Seattle" contest, which challenged students at four local high schools to take pledges against the harmful practice of texting and driving.

— Seattle Seahawks fans work to break a record for the loudest stadium crowd during a game at CenturyLink Field against the San Francisco 49ers. The crowd was successful, breaking the old record with 136.6 decibels. They were later defeated but regained the title during a game in late November.

— Sound engineer Bill Stewart, in blue, tries to hype up the crowd in an effort to break the stadium crowd noise record during the first quarter of the Seahawks home opener at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. The record was broken with 136.6 decibels.

— Symeyya Osman watches a rainbow form in the mist of the International Fountain following a Eid-ul-Fitr community prayer service at the Seattle Center in Seattle. The holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.

— Bobbie Stogsdill, 72, swings a heavy mallet while trying to win a prize playing the High Striker game on the midway at the 2013 Washington State Fair in Puyallup. The newly renamed Washington State Fair was formerly known as the Puyallup Fair.

— A man is taken down by Seattle Police officers after he scuffled with them during a May Day march in downtown Seattle. Police aggressively responded to marchers as they blocked traffic and some threw objects at officers. Police responded with pepper spray and blast balls, firework-like devices that emit pepper gas.

— Protesters and members of the media react to a blast ball explosion thrown by police officers during a May Day march in downtown Seattle. Police aggressively responded to marchers as they blocked traffic and some threw objects at officers. Police responded with pepper spray and blast balls, firework-like devices that emit pepper gas.

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May 1, 2013

— A protester suffers from the effects of pepper spray during a May Day protest in Seattle. Police aggressively responded to marchers as they blocked traffic and some threw objects at officers. Police responded with pepper spray and blast balls, firework-like devices that emit pepper gas.

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August 1, 2013

— The Patriots aerobatic team performs a formation flight over Seattle in their Czech-built Aero L-39 Albatros aircraft. The team, largely made up of former Navy Blue Angels, Air Force Thunderbirds, and Canadian Snow Bird members, was the main performance at the Seafair Boeing Air Show over Lake Washington after budget cuts forced the Blue Angels to cancel their show.

— Clown Godfrey Daniels, center, gets a hand while suiting up for the opening night of the tenth annual Moisture Festival in Hale's Palladium at Hale's Ales in Seattle. The nearly month-long comedy and variety festival continued until April 14.

— Young women watch a tractor smooth out the dirt of the horse track at Emerald Downs in Auburn.

July 12, 2013

— Young women watch a tractor smooth out the dirt of the horse track at Emerald Downs in Auburn.

Photo: JORDAN STEAD, SEATTLEPI.COM

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April 8, 2013

— HaleyMae Howells of Tacoma embraces her boyfriend Matt Berzins after he proposed to her during Mariners opening day at Safeco Field in Seattle. Howells said yes to cheers from hundreds of spectators.

— People work to find Katy Henriksen's engagement ring after it fell off her finger and tumbled into a storm drain in the middle of Leavenworth's Oktoberfest celebration. Her fiance, Erick Mathiasen, top right, enlisted help to eventually find the ring. When passerby Jerod Henning finally came up with the ring after scooping handfuls of muck out of the drain, a crowd that had gathered erupted in cheers and celebration.

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October 11, 2013

— Friends and family members of Andrew Patterson cry and hold each other in the hallways of the King County Courthouse following the conclusion of the trial for Patterson's shooting death of Justin Ferrari. Patterson was sentenced to 23 years for killing Ferrari with a stray bullet as Ferrari drove with his parents and children in his Volkswagen van.

— Water swirls down a drain after a water main burst under the NE 45th Street Viaduct, flooding the streets of University Village. Stores and businesses in the popular shopping destination were spared from the flood of water as it flowed down drains and into parking lots.

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August 29, 2013

— Crane rigger Andrew Reynolds removes rigging as a 12 foot-tall fiberglass replica of the planet Saturn is installed on the roof of Fremont's Saturn Building. The large orange orb, complete with a ring of solar panels, was installed across the street from the Fremont rocket, in the "center of the universe."

— People gather on the roof shortly after the Rainier Beer "R" was hoisted to its spot at the top of the old Rainier Brewery during a community celebration. The "R" replaced the Tully's Coffee "T" which had been on the building since 2000. The "R" had been a Seattle icon for 50 years before the green "T" took its place.

— A pair of grizzlies play in the water after destroying a mock campsite during a demonstration at Woodland Park Zoo's Bear Affair event. The event focused on bears, wolves, raptors and other Pacific Northwest wildlife and what these animals need to survive in the wild and how humans can co-exist.

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July 24, 2013

— A woman's sunbathing is interrupted by a flock of feeding, roving Canada geese at Gas Works Park in Seattle.

July 24, 2013

— A woman's sunbathing is interrupted by a flock of feeding, roving Canada geese at Gas Works Park in Seattle.

Photo: JORDAN STEAD, SEATTLEPI.COM

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December 3, 2013

— Thomas Mars of the band Phoenix performs during the Deck The Hall Ball at KeyArena. The band was one of the more popular groups of 2013.

December 3, 2013

— Thomas Mars of the band Phoenix performs during the Deck The Hall Ball at KeyArena. The band was one of the more popular groups of 2013.

Photo: JOSHUA TRUJILLO, SEATTLEPI.COM

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September 8, 2013

— Sir Mix-a-Lot performs during the Dick's Drive-In 60th Anniversary Broadway Block Party in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. The all-day event boasted beers from a number of brewers and a host of live, local music.

— Boeing machinists react as the results of a vote are read at the International Association of Machinists union hall in Seattle. About 30,000 members of IAM District 751 voted with the majority turning down a contract extension that would have cut pension and benefits in exchange for Boeing's commitment to build the 777X in Washington State.

— Twenty-seven-year Safeway employee and checker Rhoda Ivie, center right, attempts to hold back tears of happiness during a celebration following the cancellation of a grocery strike by way of a tentative deal to keep grocery workers on the job.

— Graduates just awarded degrees form a conga line as they make their way back to their seats during the University of Washington's 2013 Commencement ceremony at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. Students were ceremonially awarded bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees during the event.

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March 15, 2013

— Attendees massage each other between sets at Lucky 2013 at WaMu Theater in Seattle. Tens of thousands of glittery, green-clad people flocked to the electronic music festival to listen to nearly 30 artists spread over four stages.

— Nick Villejo of Refine collective and Jared Smith smoke vaporized marijuana during "Studio 4/20," a legal marijuana celebration put on by DOPE Magazine at 7 Point Studios in Seattle. The event billed itself as the largest local marijuana celebration since pot was legalized by Washington State voters.

— A marcher hoists a marijuana plan during a "prohibition funeral" celebrating the legalization of marijuana in Washington State. The marchers were also demanding more freedom for pot smokers and growers and an end to prohibition at a federal level.

— Detective Mark Jamieson and Shanna Christie, both of the Seattle Police Department, pass out bags of Doritos with a sticker affixed that helps spell out rules for marijuana users during the second day of Seattle's annual Hempfest. 2013 was the first year for the annual pro-pot rally since Washington State voters legalized recreational use of marijuana.

— In a surprise guest appearance, Sir Paul McCartney performs with all ex-Nirvana musicians, from left, Pat Smear, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl in front of nearly 45,000 screaming fans during the Seattle leg of McCartney's "Out There" Tour at Safeco Field in Seattle. The show marked the first public concert at Safeco Field since the stadium opened in 1999.

— Ashley Justice, second from right, lets out a shriek of surprise as her miniature dachshund, Harley, left, takes off early from the gate during the second qualifying heat at the 17th Annual Kent & Alan Wiener Dog Races at Emerald Downs in Auburn. Three heats of short-legged competition had crowds cheering and participating dog owners rooting for their own little canine athlete.

— Woodland Park Zoo's new lion cubs explore their enclosure during a brief trip outside. This foray outside was the second time zoo staff allowed the cubs outside to help them get used to their surroundings.

— A man leaps over a person sliding into the International Fountain in a kiddie pool that was used to hold water balloons during an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest water balloon fight. The group of 4,256 human water balloon cannons were unable to smash the previous record of 8,957 set in 2011 by the University of Kentucky. But they still had fun with the kiddie pools after their attempt. 300,000 water balloons were thrown during the event at Seattle Center.

— Huskies running back Bishop Sankey celebrates scoring the go-ahead touchdown against the Cougars during the Apple Cup at Husky Stadium. With the 7-yard TD, he broke the Washington single-season rushing record.

— Backed by a sea of yellow King Felix signs, Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez pitches during a game against the Texas Rangers at Safeco Field in Seattle. The Rangers beat the Mariners 4-3. The evening marked Hernandez's opening game pitching at home for the 2013 season.

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June 9, 2013

— Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez walks back to the dugout following the first inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Safeco Field in Seattle. Nearly 44,000 people attended the sunny day game, and the New York Yankees beat the Mariners 2-1.

— Former-Mariner-turned-Yankee Ichiro Suzuki fumbles a foul ball during a game against the Mariners at Safeco Field in Seattle. Nearly 44,000 people attended the sunny day game, and the New York Yankees beat the Mariners 2-1.

— Bystanders watch men play chess of differing scales in Westlake Park in Seattle.

June 25, 2013

— Bystanders watch men play chess of differing scales in Westlake Park in Seattle.

Photo: JORDAN STEAD, SEATTLEPI.COM

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June 30, 2013

— A man runs under the pride flag during the annual Pride Parade in Seattle. Hundreds of thousands of people came to downtown Seattle to celebrate Pride, on the heels of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down DOMA and California's Proposition 8, and last year's legalization of same-sex marriage by voters in Washington State.

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May 18, 2013

— Participants ride in a classic car during a parade in the International District celebrating the birth of Buddha. Dozens of people honored Buddha by marching through the streets of the International District.

— Three-time World Sumo Champion Byambajav Ulambayar listens to crowd questions between rounds of LivingSocial's Sumo + Sushi tour at Fremont Studios in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. Each date of the eight-city tour included a three-course sushi meal and sake for attending guests.

— From right to left, Susan Tanner, Paul Schulte and Alina Wagner, relatives of the late Dennis Schulte, gather at the site of their relative's death during a memorial walk in the Wedgwood neighborhood of Seattle. The march was held one after Judy and Dennis Schulte lost their lives to a drunk driver while crossing Northeast 75th Street at 33rd Avenue Northeast with their daughter-in-law, Karina Ulriksen-Schulte, and her then 10-day-old son, Elias.

— Dan and Marilyn Schulte, background, watch as Mark Mullan is led away after he pleaded guilty to charges from killing their parents Judy and Dennis Schulte and seriously injuring Dan's wife Karina Ulriksen-Schulte and newborn baby Elias Schulte. Photographed at the King County Courthouse in Seattle.

— Alane Howard, center left, prays with other faithful during a mass for the newly elected Pope, Francis I, at St. James Cathedral in Seattle. Archbishop of Seattle Peter Sartain held a mass for the new pontiff.

— Alissa O'Connell, center top, widow of Washington State Trooper Sean O'Connell, places her hand on the casket carrying the body of her husband following a memorial service at Comcast Arena in Everett. Following a 13-mile vehicular procession, thousands of friends, family and law enforcement attended the ceremony. O'Connell was killed in a collision with a truck.

— Church attendees sing and listen to to the gospel on Palm Sunday at Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Seattle.

March 24, 2013

— Church attendees sing and listen to to the gospel on Palm Sunday at Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Seattle.

Photo: JORDAN STEAD, SEATTLEPI.COM

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May 12, 2013

— A temporary tattoo stands out from the back of a color-dusted head at the Color Run 5k in Seattle. The event - also known as the Happiest 5k on the Planet - is a unique paint race celebrating healthiness, happiness and individuality.

— Students from Orca K-8 School carry a giant fork as part of a food drive as they march through Columbia City to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. The students marched to Columbia Plaza where they participated in a food drive and fund raiser. The federal holiday recognizes the birthday of the civil rights leader. The holiday was first recognized by Ronald Reagan in 1983 but wasn't observed in all 50 states until 2000.

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August 4, 2013

— The Patriots jet team performs over the log boom during the final day of Seafair 2013 on Lake Washington.

August 4, 2013

— The Patriots jet team performs over the log boom during the final day of Seafair 2013 on Lake Washington.

Photo: JOSHUA TRUJILLO, SEATTLEPI.COM

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March 18, 2013

— Boys play basketball at a community basketball court.

March 18, 2013

— Boys play basketball at a community basketball court.

Photo: JORDAN STEAD, SEATTLEPI.COM

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July 19, 2013

— Dennison Brown of Arizona's San Carlos Apache puts on his feathered regalia during the Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow at Daybreak Star in Discovery Park in Seattle. One year after the event was cancelled because of a lack of funding, the pow wow returned with much fanfare and a grand entry on Friday evening. The event brings Native dancers and drummers from around North America where the dancers compete in their impressive regalia during the event. The pow wow also features Native arts vendors and food booths.

— Workers are shown in a contaminated area at C-Tank Farm at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland. Tanks holding nuclear waste at the facility were discovered to be leaking radioactive waste into the ground. The leaks were occurring at a far higher rate than previously believed.

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April 30, 2013

— Rail worker Hector Mendez uses a machine to "fusion butt weld" two sections of rail in Sound Transit's Capitol Hill light rail station excavation pit. Contractors welded 10,000 feet of rail sections together in the station pit and rolled them into place in the tunnels between Capitol Hill and Downtown Seattle.

— The cutter head of the Washington State Department of Transportation's Big Bertha Highway 99 tunnel boring machine is lowered into its launch pit. The machine launched over the summer and was expected to emerge from the other end of the tunnel 14 months later.

— At an RC boat station, Keith Schermerhorn, right, controls a number of handmade, battery-powered miniature models on the final day of the annual Seattle Maritime Festival on Pier 66 in Seattle. The four-day festival includes a clam chowder cook off, tugboat races and boat building competitions.

— Amid smoke and cheering fans, the Washington Huskies pour out onto the turf before the opening season game against Boise State at the University of Washington's newly-renovated Husky Stadium in Seattle.

— Clint Dempsey, left, goes up for a shot against the Portland Timbers with a bicycle kick that nearly struck Alvas Powell, right, during the second half of the Cascadia Cup match at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. The Sounders beat the Timbers 1-0. The sold-out match marked Clint Dempsey's first home game as a member of the Seattle Sounders FC.

— David Bailey holds onto his friend's dog Lilly after he was handed the rescued pup by a firefighter as crews battle a four-story apartment fire in Seattle's Pinehurst neighborhood. The fire damaged six units of the building and was apparently started by a burning motorcycle.

— Diemo Ginda of the German performance group "Hacki and Moeppi" goofs around backstage on the opening night of the tenth annual Moisture Festival in Hale's Palladium at Hale's Ales in Seattle.

March 21, 2013

— Diemo Ginda of the German performance group "Hacki and Moeppi" goofs around backstage on the opening night of the tenth annual Moisture Festival in Hale's Palladium at Hale's Ales in Seattle.

Photo: JORDAN STEAD, SEATTLEPI.COM

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November 22, 2013

— Jerry Stokesberry and Alan "Moe" Rochester wrangle turkeys into a trailer for transport from the field where they are raised near Olympia. Stokesberry started farming 10 years ago after a career as a massage therapist. He sells his products, which include grass-fed beef, organic turkey, pork, organic duck and chicken meat and eggs at Seattle area farmers markets. "A farmer doesn't have a job," he said after gathering nearly 100 turkeys. "They have a lifestyle."

— Blane Saunders evens out cranberries as they fall off an elevator during the the harvest at Cran Mac farm in Ilwaco, on the Washington coast. October and November are the typical harvest months for cranberries in our state. Washington is one of the top producers of the cranberry crop. The berries grow on a small bush and the bogs where they grow are flooded and agitated with a machine, which caused the berries to float to the top for harvest. Owners Ardell and Malcolm McPhall have worked the farm since 1982.

— From left, Tyler Minette, Marcus McAulliffe, Nick Lathrop, Grant Harper and Scott Smith toss harvested pumpkins into a truck at Bob's Corn Farm in Snohomish County. The popular destination farm, known for its corn maze, and pumpkin patches, also has a small country store.

— Tabby DeJong, 8, has fun with her sister Mieke, 2, in a large bin of corn used as feed for the cows on the DeJong family's diary, Eaglemill Farms, near Lynden. The third generation farm is part of the Darigold farmer-owned cooperative. Farmer Jon DeJong said there is no better way to raise his kids. "They learn how to work. They get to play and they get to see and touch real animals," he said.

— Farmer Anne LeFevre guides a team of mules as her son Elias rides on her back at the Channing Family Farm in the Twisp River Valley. The mule powered, organic farm produces certified organic garlic and potatoes. The hay they grow is used to feed the animals that plow and help work the land.

— People celebrate with a party after the harvest at the Channing Family Farm in the Twisp River Valley. The mule powered, organic farm produces certified organic garlic and potatoes.

October 19, 2013

— People celebrate with a party after the harvest at the Channing Family Farm in the Twisp River Valley. The mule powered, organic farm produces certified organic garlic and potatoes.

Photo: JOSHUA TRUJILLO, SEATTLEPI.COM

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June 20, 2013

— A man waters down his car for protection as firefighters battle a garage blaze that left several other cars destroyed with no reported injuries on 22nd Avenue West in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle. The plume of smoke from the fire could be seen for miles.

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December 9, 2013

— A cold wave in Western Washington reduced Snoqualmie Falls to some world-class icicles. Officials at Puget Sound Energy say icy conditions such as these occur about once a year. The ice did not stop or hurt power production of the hydroelectric plant at the falls.

— Seattle city council member-elect Kshama Sawant speaks at Seattle City Hall during a rally and march to make $15 the minimum wage in Seattle. Sawant is a socialist candidate that unseated longtime council member Richard Conlin.

— Supermodel Candice Swanepoel poses for photographers in the Victoria's Secret store at Bellevue Square Mall. The Victoria's Secret model came to the local store after fans voted for three cities for the models to visit. The other winning cities in the promotion were Orlando and Milwaukee.

— Cassandra Moore, of West Seattle, said she grew out her fingernails because she personally likes them that way. Before MySpace and Facebook, she had no idea there were hundreds of others who were fans of especially long nails.

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May 4, 2013

— Mourner Lars Halstron places his hand on a memorial and bows his head during a bike ride in honor of Lance David, a cyclist killed in an accident with a semi-truck on East Marginal Way South near South Hanford Street in Seattle. David, 54, was riding his bike May 1st from Federal Way on the first day of Bike to Work Month when he died.

— As temperatures hovered in the mid-eighties, colorful summer fashion came out on Capitol Hill in Seattle.

May 6, 2013

— As temperatures hovered in the mid-eighties, colorful summer fashion came out on Capitol Hill in Seattle.

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February 9, 2013

— Participants gather at the Ballroom in Fremont during Cupid's Undie Run. Hundreds of people gathered at the Ballroom and then completed a roughly mile-long run in their skivvies. The event was a fundraiser for The Children's Tumor Foundation.

— Ladies stretch out before their last chance at becoming one of the 2013/2014 Sea Gals during the final audition in the West Club Lounge at CenturyLink Field. The top 60 candidates from previous auditions started the day from an original pool of 180 women. The day's cut reduced the final number to around 30.

— Young women dance to electronic music in the EMP's Sky Church on the second day of the annual Bumbershoot arts and music festival.

September 1, 2013

— Young women dance to electronic music in the EMP's Sky Church on the second day of the annual Bumbershoot arts and music festival.

Photo: JORDAN STEAD, SEATTLEPI.COM

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March 27, 2013

— Ryan Lewis and Ben Haggerty, aka Macklemore, are interviewed by Robbie Novak, aka Kid President, during We Day at KeyArena. The event brought thousands of middle and high school students together to hear from a list of celebrities and motivational speakers. We Day is a youth educational and empowerment event organized by the Free the Children charity. Students earn a seat at the event through their commitment to do good.

— People gather on the roof of an apartment building near the Capitol Hill Dick's Drive-In. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were working with a crew to shoot a video for their song "White Walls." Thousands of people showed up for the video shoot after word of the shoot was leaked onto social media earlier in the day.

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July 6, 2013

— Walkers shuffle by the Space Needle during the fifth annual Red, White and Dead Zombie Walk around the Seattle Center. This year, the horde relocated from their long-time Fremont location to the larger Seattle Center to accommodate more roaming, undead bodies.

— Headliner Pretty Lights performs at Lucky 2013 at WaMu Theater in Seattle. Tens of thousands of glittery, green-clad attendees flocked to the electronic music festival to listen to nearly 30 artists spread over four stages.

— A sprawling memorial complete with crosses and other offerings sits on display during the Dia De Los Muertos "A Mexican Celebration to Remember Our Departed" event in The Armory of the Seattle Center. The festival honors the lives of loved ones who have passed with homage from community altars, sugar skulls, special food, candles, music and dance.

— Macklemore & Ryan Lewis perform for a video shoot on the roof of the Capitol Hill Dick's Drive-In. Thousands of people showed up to watch the shoot after word was leaked onto social media earlier in the day. It was a banner year for the Seattle music scene as Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and the rest of their crew topped the charts with their self-produced album, The Heist.